US President Donald Trump signed a $142bn defense sales agreement in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as he continued to push the kingdom to pour a trillion dollars of investment into his country.
Trump, who was treated to an escort of several Saudi F-15 fighter jets upon his arrival, had been pushing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to up a previously promised $600bn investment to an eye-watering $1 trillion.
The new arms deal, which includes exports of GE gas turbines and energy solutions totaling $14.2bn and Boeing 737-8 passenger aircraft totaling $4.8bn, goes some way towards fulfilling that aim.
One Saudi Arabian company also plans on to invest $20bn in AI-related sites in the United States, the White House said on Tuesday.
Theyve been doing this for decades. They’re likely going to try and bomb, again, Yemen only to find out why they had to stop doing it in the first place.